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the whitehouse intervened putting an end to step strike that halted regional rails at least for now. is it a night i'm walter perez and the big story on "action news" tonight is precedential intervention to get septa commuters trains on track. all the workers who walked off the job at 34eud nights were ordered back to work. kenneth moton is following this developing story all day and kenneth, what exactly did the president do whaep is the reaction tonight? >> well, walter, president obama signed an executive order. he has the power to step in under federal law that regulates railroad labor dispute. mixed reactions tonight and workers believe septa regional rail workers willing back on the job in an hour. 24 hours after septa regional rail cars stopped running the operateers were coming off the picket line. saturday evening president obama pushed the transportation agency and union blet and iebw back to the table ending the strike that
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impacted commuters. >> the sooner we can resolve problems and make compromises the better. >> the president's executive record created 3 member emergency board to mediate the dispute. 400 electrical workers and union workers went own strike shutting down 13 train lines that carries tens of thousands to philadelphia, airport, energy njs, neether union nor septa want the the intervention calling it a temporary fix. >> we'll be given the opportunity to present our best case to the residential emergency board. >> they have not had a contract and pay races in four years and ibew electrical workers five years. they want retroactive play and additional 3% raise on top of what septa is offering. >> we have 7400 unionizeed employees and 7,000 of them
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already accepted what we're offering. >> commuters without a ride saturday anticipating a travel mess on monday morning are relieved. they're hoping septa and unions can come to terms. >> the long term solution would be better. so that possibly this doesn't happen next summer or in summers to come. >> septa and union have 2 40 days now. that precedential emergency board will hear from both sides and has 30 days to issue a report on how to resolve the dispute. once again union leaders say workers will be back on the job 12:05 a.m. and after an hour or so the first trains are scheduled to roll out at 4 a.m. walter. reporting live in the powellton section chapel 6abc news. >> thanks for that. one more note about septa service tonight is launches expanded weekend service on broad street subway and market frank ford l. trains run around the clock on friday and saturday for late night travelers. riders will need valid passes,
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tokens or exact change for their ticket. keep up with the latest on the septa situation in the 6abc news app. there you'll find the latest on the efforts to get the trains running and traffic maps help you get around on the roads. get the app four your apple and android devices for free. now we turn to weather. we look forward to father's day and many of us in the delaware have aly gary papa run. let's check in with meteorologist melissa magee at the big board. >> we had a nice start to the weekend. few more clouds than initially anticipated and plenty of sun this afternoon and tonight no concerns along the coast here from beach haven down to sea isle city. temperatures in the upper 60s. 55 poconos and 95 corridor trenton to wilmington temperatures are in the lower 60s. outside tonight, it will turn clear. it actually will be touch of the cool side for june standards as we look at overnight lows. allentown dropping down to 51.
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59 in the is they and keep in mind normal overnight low this time of year is 64. cold, comfortable, open the windows and get fresh air, cape may sdropz down to 59. here's satellite 6 and action radar. chores and storms across the lehigh valley exiting north and east and we have high pressure in control the rest of tonight and it's mainly clear and quiet. speaking of the gary papa run we have you covered. it's mostly sunny, low humidity. 8:00 in the morning, 65. the run begins at 8:30 in the morning and 10:00 we'll have temperatures of 72. coming up we'll have a closer look at the forecast sunday for father's day and let you know what you can expect with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast, walter. >> thank you, melissa. president obama is still considering military options for dealing with crisis in iraq. sunni militants continued violent takeover of territories north of baghdad as they continued closing in on the
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capital. thousands had the call to defend their company isis fighters who were labeled as terrorists bit u.s.. the whitehouse ruled out using ground forces to help iraqi government and other options are on the table including air strikes and drone attacks. today a u.s. carrier aircraft carrier was sent to persian gulf and ships carrying missiles capable of reaching a iraq. we'll have a full report in the next half hour. >> a 4-year-old boy was taken to the hospital in critical condition after stuck by a car in south jersey today. it happened here on the 100 block of pine street in camdenment investigators believed the car hit the child when he ran out on to the street from between two parked cars. the driver did stop at the scene and remained there. investigators say the case is still under review and they do not believe that any charges will be filed. and this was the smokey scene at springfield mall, delaware county today as three cars went newspaper flames. investigators say one vehicle
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caught fire in the mall parking lot 3:00. and the fire then spread to two other vehicles. nobody was injured. and no word tonight on how the fire started. >> a bear spotted earlier this week in waterford seems to have made his way toe eavesham. these are pictures september to us earlier today. the 0 0 pound black bear -- 300 pound bear reported it near derby court. keep your garbage cans covered and don't approach the bear or feed the bear. call 911 if you see it. >> it was a sendoff in south jersey tonight for military men and women. 34 members of new jersey army national guard were honored that going away party. it was helped vfw post 2174 dmrosster county. soldiers that deploy next week are part of 114 infantry battalion. taking with them the expect takes of safe return.
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>> and receiving the high school diploma seems minor accomplishment compared to physical journey completed by a teenage frer northeast philadelphia over the past four years. annie mccormick was there as she walked to get her diploma. >> gianna marie romano blows a kiss to our photographer before they graduates tacony academy charter high school. >> 2014! >> but her major accomplishment today is not graduating. >> gianna marie ra man owe. >> this is. walking a cross the same to receive her diploma. >> i was think about how far i came from and write was four years ago to write was. >> an out of control car pinned her against the wall this shopping center four years ago welsh road. she laid in a coma four days and lost her left leg above the need and broke numerous bones and wears a brace on right leg. >> when she woke up she was upset. she cried a little.
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and said what do i have to do to get out this bed and never looked@back after that. >> i practiced and went to therapy and di everything so i could be able to walk across that stage. >> she's porch everybody wrong. >> 6 months after the accident she started to learn to walk again. she spent her freshman year at the children's hospital of philadelphia and sophomore year learning from home including visits from teachers. >> i believe it was fate that it happened and i believe it made me a better person i see everything have different levels i would never have seen that. >> at chop she became a cheerleader for other patients and had a call sgliing want to help people the only way i can think is being a doctor. >> romano's have a lot to celebrate. they have a graduation parties planned in a week before they accepted gixt anna particular he off to college in august. reporting in northeast, annie mccormick, "channel 6 action news."" >> all right. much more to come on "action news," some experts fear it could be worse than west nile.
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a new mosquito virus with dozens of confirmed cases in the u.s. shows up in the northeast. and brothers, boy scouts and heros, two scored fairy wrung men receive a high honor for saving the day by using scouting skills after a terrible crash. >> plus jeff skversky has sports and details about how jimmy rollings set a new franchise record in sports when "action rollings set a new franchise record in sports when "action news" comes right [ male announcer ] tv's come a long way.
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>> pro russian steptists shout down a play today. no one on board survived. it's the deadliest incident to date involving the ukranian military. ukraine president declared tomorrow a national day of mourning. u.s. is reaffirming support for ukranian sovrnty and rebuff russia's claims it's not arming rebels. >> "healthcheck" at 11 a virus carried by mosquitos made its way to northeastern u.s.. 41 cases of chicken gunya virus are confirmed m two on rhode island. it causes severe flu like symptoms. the people infected on rhode island had returned from the dominican rep. a highly anticipated exhibits that took years to create opened its doors today at the franklin institute. your brain exhibit let's
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families explore gray matter. it let's you get bet area acquainted with your nothing in. you'll see the exhibit in the 53,000 square foot 41 million drar nicholas and athe na pavilion. >> two brother from king of prussia are awarded one of the scouting highest honors they received the medals in upper merion during a sayre moyny. she witness aid horrific crash last fall and without headstation used first aid skills to stabilized a badly injured mother and young daughter until paramedics arrived. >> it was probably scariest night of both our lives. we can attribute or scouting training and first aid knowledge with ability to respond in this emergency. >> we're grateful to be aable to assist them a drastic time in their family. >> boy kouts of america's national court of honor cited brothers for "unusual heroism at
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marked the 50th anniversary of the new jersey pageant. >> meteorologist melissa magee looking forward to father's day and gary papa run. >> mostly sunny skies. high pressure in control. looking good tomorrow for all of the dads. we'll show what you is going onment stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing you it's quiet. no issues with ription. outside we go because sky6 live is there right now. giving awe a gorge is shot of penn's landing and turning clear after we had a fair amount of cloud cover overhead and we'll talk about why those clouds moved in today. but definitely good start to the weekend in wake of showers airport storms. we had jedd across the area. a look at the accuweather live lineup and talk about our weekend so far. let you know where the temperatures are sitting currently. we've been winning over the weekend the past four weekends have been gorgeous temperatures in the 50s, 60s, 7 0s, 80s, low
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humidity and that trend continued today. high temperature 76. tomorrow we're calling for high temperatures in the 0s. outside tonight with northwesterly wind. conditions are calm. 55 poconos, philadelphia 64. sea isle city 66. lancaster upper 50s 57 now allentown and level. here's satellite 6 and action radar you can see that swirl moving across areas of northern new england in canada that is center of storm system overall earlier today a pocket of cool air. we had a fair amount of cloud cover earlier today and more than we initially thought we would see. things are starting to clear on out. high pressure from ohio valley continues east ward giving us loads of sunshine by tomorrow afternoon. another look at the gary papa run. mostly sunny, low humidity, 8
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a.m. 65 degrees and 8:30 the run begins as he pro note prostate health. no complaints as you run or walk along ache in's hoveral tomorrow. the weekend beauty continues sunday. low humidity. temperatures in the city around 80. but if you travel along the coast temperatures there will be in the 70s and especially knowledge of city up through the poconos we'll show you the forecast if you had to citizens bank park as the vilz r phils take open the cubs. it's comfortable. first look at temperatures 79 and 8 as we get to ninth inning. here's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. road humidity for dads on father's day. enjoy a high temperature of 84. monday, turning humid, high temperature of 88. and tuesday, is it's warm and sticky high of 90. if we hit 90 it will be first 90
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reading of the year and it looks likes popup shower or storm likely late in the day tuesday. wednesday, same thing hold true. humid popup shower or storm. high temperature 90. thursday sun and clouds and 87. 86 on friday. you can believe it? next saturday the start of our summer soletis beginning 6:51 in the morning summer officially hereby then. >> this year flying by. >> up next "action news" and jeff skversky checks j-roll record break when we nrurn sports but first tonight's record break when we nrurn sports but first tonight's powerball numbers [ male announcer ] tv's come a long way.
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all different kinds of wheels to rally behind a great cause in lumberton new jersey. nora muchanic kicked off the annual bike and walkathon. 26 years now the community driven event raised funds for people with disabilities and their families and the township high school cheerleaders were there as well getting everyone into the spirit. >> and time for a check on sports. jeff skversky is here an jimmy rawlins. setting that record and showing why he's awesome. >> afterwards in the locker room a champagne toast for jim jury recallings. breaking the phillys all time record in spring training and only wish that he would do it at home in front of you. phillies fans have been cheering him on since first hit as rookie way back in 2,000.
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jimmy steps up against the cubs. one hit away from breaking mike schmidt's record. hit number 2235 the most ever by a philly sht schmidty comes running out of the dugout with j-roll's bat. he's shocked. con gradlations j-roll the new hit king. does it 389 games equippinger than all time hall of famer and gets standing "o." [ cheers and applause ]." >> j-roll now stands alone in phillies history he's come a long way since big league dream started as a kid. >> teachers ask you what do you want to do? i tell them i want to play baseball be a baseball place. they tell me the percentages he i say that fines i'm one of those people in the small percent. so, this is awesome you know being able to accomplish what i have accomplished. and but i'm not done.
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and hopefully you know, bring another championship to the city. >> congratulations i'm honored to have you break this record and i appreciate your frien friendship. >> see the ball going down. see the ball going down. see. it we need to talk. >> schmidt strikesp a friendship with d om brown as done congratulations j-roll. brown comes one bat with rollings on base in the fifth this is out of here. three-run homer. are you kidding me schmidty. what a lesson. phillies win 7-4 won four of the last five. j-roll wants to haming around too and finish his career. he said he wouldn't only consider waiving no trade cause if there's a massive fire sale. >> it depends if everything is blown up. i have to take that into consideration. but, fortunately, or fortunately
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i don't have to worry about that now. but if that time does come, and this time -- it's time to go people move on. >> and rollings adds they want to make it tough on reuben amaro junior. trade deadline is less than 7 weeks away. we'll be moving on. rawlins will go to coopers town one day. mike schmidt weighs in and hear rollings reaction coming up "act ♪
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